This new $139/£107 board can be a Windows 10 PC (or a Windows 10 robot)

By Joe Osborne

Thanks to the Raspberry Pi 3, BBC Micro Bit and countless others, the DIY PC movement is roaring along – but, something’s been left behind: full-fat Windows 10. Custom developer board maker SolidRun will change that with its SolidPC SoM IB8000.

This is a $139 (about £107, AU$184) MicroSOM, or Micro System on a Module, that is compatible with Linux, like most of its kind, as well as Android (which version isn’t made clear) and Windows 10. However, the latter will indeed cost you the now-standard $119 (or £99, AU$179).

Comparatively, Raspberry Pi is compatible with the free Windows 10 IoT Core, Microsoft’s version for small form factor devices with specific home automation or robotics (!!!) purposes. The BBC Micro Bit can’t say this for itself either, running a custom TouchDevelop SDK from Microsoft.

DIY home theater PC, here we come

Since the board is compatible with Windows 10, our minds immediately go to “home theater PC.” That’s especially after seeing the housing that SolidRun offers for it, for an additional 25 bucks.

Packing a quad-core, 1.04GHz Intel Atom E8000 processor inside that can push 4K visuals, the SoM IB8000 offers up to 8GB of RAM and as much as 128GB of …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components